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Riverina · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1923

1,435 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 72

Quarter Sessions. Tuesday, March 13, 1923. (Before his Honor Judge Hevan). (Mr. L. J M'Kean, Crown Prosecutor) Assault and Robbery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1923 · page 2

The first case listed for hearing before Judge Bevan at the Court of Quarter Sessions yesterday morning was one in which David Irwin was…

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Theft of Wheat. Both Accused Found Guilty. Sentenced to IS Months' Gaol

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 3

At the Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday morning before his Honor Judge Bevan, evidence for the defence was entered upon in the case in…

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Ter[?]le Record Young Woman Is Gaol Gird

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

Gerty F[?] the [?] Police Court [?] a month [?] Sussex S[?]re…

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Japanese Pirates. Murder Seventeen. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

News reached Sydney to-day by the Japanese steamer Aki Mara that 17 sailors, Chinese, Koreans, and Russians were murdered on the…

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A Nurse Sentenced. a Year to Long Bay. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

Mary Brownlee, maternity nurse, who had pleaded guilty at Darlinghurst Sessions to a charge of having unlawfully used an instrument…

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Police Court. To-day. Before Mr. F. Sutherland, J. P. Alleged Attempt to Rob. Charge Reduced

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 2

Samuel Kearney, 37, was charged with assaulting Robert Jenkins an old man of 65, at Muttama, on 19th February, with intent to rob…

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Irish Plots a Murder Scheme Republicans in Englan Dlondon, March 13

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

The “Daily Sketch” publishes details of an alleged Republican plot to murder many well known public men, Including Mr Bonar Law,…

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‘Surplus’ Wheat. Sale by Well-known Coolamon Agents Charge of Theft Conviction and Sentence Judge Says “Wheat Transactions Stink in the Nostrils of the Public”

The Daily Express · Thursday 15 March 1923 · page 1

“The whole of these wheat tran. sections stink in the nostrils of the public, and every day we re[?]d of them becoming dominated by…

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Police Court. Tuesday, March 13

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

Thomas McCarthy was charged with breaking and entering the dweling of James Smullins, at Ganmain, between 15th April and 8th February and…

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Sentenced for Illegal Practices. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

Mary Brownlee, maternity nurse, who had pleaded guilty at Darling-hurst Sessions to a charge of having unlawfully used an instrument on in…

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Hillston Police Court. (Before Mr C. H Ranken, J.P.)

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 7

At the police court on Monday last James William Thompson, a fireman on the Griffith to Hillston train, was charged with having in his possession…

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Who's Boots? Gundagai Man Charged and Acquitted

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

At the Cootamundra police court on Wednesday, before Mr. Suther land, J F , Sydney John Dempsey, on remand, was charged with…

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Yarra Murder Nurse Mitchell’s T[?] Melbourne [?]

The Daily Express · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 1

Nurse [?] trial w[?] [?]ned until the end of [?] the request of Mr. Ridge[?] [?]tor who [?]ked for [?]…

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"Gaol Too Good!" Should be Hogged. Abduction Charge. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 1

William Augustus Star[?] aged 29, described as a composer and musician, who was found guilty of having married a girl of 18 without…

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Small Debts Court. Tuesday, March 13. (Before Mr. Shepherd. P.M.

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1923 · page 2

Goo. Smith v. Martha Wills, claim for damages for alleged detention of goods. Mr. Quirk appeared for plaintiff; and…

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Illegal Operation a Nurse Sentenced Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 8

Mary Rubina Brownless 64 a meternity nurse, was to-day sentenced to twelve months’ imprisonment for illegally using an instrument on an…

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Yarra Murder Mrs Mitchell. Remanded. Melbourne

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 1

Nurse Mitchell was remanded to-day on the charge of murdering Bertha Goghlan until the April sesson of the Supreme Court. She was in a…

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FATAL [?] Murder or Manslaughter a Man Arrested Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 17 March 1923 · page 4

A plumber Harry louns 35, fell off a building in Phillip Street to-day and was killed. It was stated, that an alteration…

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Murder Charge. Kelly Remanded. MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 1

At the Melbourne Police Court, this morning, David Kelly 38, was charged with the murder of Ada Florence Overall, at Millgrove, on…

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Robbery Under Arms. Accused Before the Court. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 March 1923 · page 1

James Murphy Franki, Sainsbury Wallace Taylor, and Loyal Clifford were charged at the Central Police Court to-day with having, at…

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